As part of its commitment to combat climate change and create a healthier environment, Apple announced on April 9, 2018 its global facilities are powered with 100 percent clean energy. This achievement includes retail stores, offices, data centers and co-located facilities in 43 countries – including the United States, the United Kingdom, China and India. The company also announced nine additional manufacturing partners have committed to power all of their Apple production with 100 percent clean energy, bringing the total number of supplier commitments to 23. In addition, over 85 suppliers have registered for Apple’s Clean Energy Portal, an online platform that Apple developed to help suppliers identify commercially viable renewable energy solutions in regions around the world.

Apple and its partners are building new renewable energy projects around the world, improving the energy options for local communities, states and even entire countries. Apple creates or develops, with utilities, new regional renewable energy projects that would not otherwise exist. These projects represent a diverse range of energy sources, including solar arrays and wind farms as well as emerging technologies like biogas fuel cells, micro-hydro generation systems and energy storage technologies.

A few of Apple’s renewable energy projects:

Apple Park, Apple’s new headquarters in Cupertino, is now the largest LEED ( Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum-certified office building in North America. It is powered by 100 percent renewable energy from multiple sources, including a 17-megawatt onsite rooftop solar installation and four megawatts of biogas fuel cells, and controlled by a microgrid with battery storage. It also gives clean energy back to the public grid during periods of low occupancy.

In Prineville, Oregon, the company signed a 200-megawatt power purchase agreement for an Oregon wind farm, the Montague Wind Power Project, set to come online by the end of 2019.

In Japan, Apple is partnering with local solar company Daini Denryoku to install over 300 rooftop solar systems that will generate 18,000 megawatt-hours of clean energy every year, enough to power more than 3,000 Japanese homes.

Apple is currently constructing two new data centres in Denmark that will run on 100 percent renewable energy from day one.

Appel’s New Robot “Daisy”

As part of its ongoing recycling effort, Apple announced on April 19, 2018 that it debuted Daisy, their newest robot that can more efficiently disassemble iPhone to recover valuable materials. Created through years of R&D, Daisy incorporates revolutionary technology based on Apple’s learnings from its first disassembly robot, Liam, launched in 2016. Daisy is made from some of Liam’s parts and is capable of disassembling nine versions of iPhone and sorting their high-quality components for recycling. Daisy can take apart up to 200 iPhone devices per hour, removing and sorting components, so that Apple can recover materials that traditional recyclers can’t and at a higher quality.

Apple “GiveBack”

Apple’s recycling program where people can trade in their device for a store credit. If the device is not eligible for credit Apple will recycle it for free. No matter the model or condition, Apple will turn it into something good for the customer and good for the planet.

Both Apple “GiveBack” and Daisy support Apple’s commitment to create a healthier planet through innovation and help the company move a step closer to its goal of making its products using only recycled or renewable materials.

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Apple announced on February 1, 2018 financial results for its fiscal 2018 first quarter. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $88.3 billion, a 13% increase from the year-ago quarter and an all-time record, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $3.89, up 16%, also an all-time record.

Although Apple’s first quarter revenue for 2018 is based on the recent iPhone X release I believe that their revenue growth and stock growth will continue and increase in 2018 on the scent of Apple’s environment commitment. Following Apple’s environment progress report of the past year and the beginning of 2018 one can see that they invested many resources in R&D with the aim to create a healthier planet through innovation.

The report shows how perhaps the Energy Use and Emissions at Apple’s Colocation Facilities may have increased in the past years. Percent Renewable Energy started at 0% in 2011 and got to 99% in 2017. The growth between the years of 2014 to 2017 was 18% (from 81% to 99%) and I assume that by the end of 2018 Apple will reach 100%. By achieving 100% of Renewable Energy Apple will inflame an environment revolution.

In accordance with Apple’s new robot “Daisy” that was announced on April 19, 2018 there were a few more highlights at that time that may affect Apple stock for the following year. Project Marzipan is Apple’s in-development solution to allow macOS computers to run iOS apps and make its Mac computers more attractive and useful. As a result, I believe that more college/high school administrators will consider buying the macOS computers again if they can run iOS apps. Future sales could improve after Project Marzipan is finally implemented this year. The Mac business accounts for 7.81% of Apple’s quarterly revenue which could rise and help Apple with further weaknesses in iPhone/iPad sales. My bullish stance on AAPL in long term resonates with this bullish I Know First long term forecast for AAPL.

This bullish forecast for AAPL sent to the current I Know First subscribers on September 8, 2017

I Know First Algorithm Heat-map Explanation

This indicator represents the predicted movement direction/trend. The signal strength indicates how much the current price deviates from what the system considers a balance or “fair” price.

The signal strength is the absolute value of the current prediction of the system. The signal can have a positive (increase), or negative (drop) sign. The heat map is arranged according to the signal strength with strongest up signals at the top. The table colors are indicative of the signal. Green indicates to the positive signal and red indicates a negative signal. A deeper color means a stronger signal and a lighter color equals a weaker signal. The sign of the signal tells in which direction the asset price is expected to go (positive = to go up = Long, negative = to drop = Short), the signal strength is related to the magnitude of the expected return and is used for ranking purposes of the investment opportunities.

Predictability measures the importance of the signal. The predictability is the historical relationship between the prediction and the actual market movement for that particular market. For each asset this indicator is recalculated daily. Theoretically the predictability ranges from minus one to plus one. The higher this number is the more predictable the particular asset is. In comparison to different time ranges, predictability will be higher for longer time. This means that longer-range signals are more accurate.

Predictability is a unique indicator of the I Know First algorithm which allows users to focus on the most predictable assets according to the algorithm. One should focus on predictability levels significantly above 0 in order to trust the signal, when ranging between -1 and 1.

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